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The rear of the Carter home is shown above the day after the fire. At right is the detached garage where the blaze started with the collapsed connecting roof alongside and the back of the house at left. The front of the home, which faces Holub Road, remained intact.
A night at home watching the Astros took a drastic and tragic turn for Jimmy and Cindy Carter last Tuesday, April 2.
While their favorite MLB team ended up blowing a late lead, the Carters lost much more as high north winds contributed to the rapid spread of a fire from a detached garage to the house. Thick smoke from the blaze on Holub Road north of town blew through the Sports Complex, where…